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perpetuate
[ per-pech-oo-eyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false): Vines obscured a plaque intended to perpetuate her memory.
Social media played a significant role in perpetuating political divisions.
Vines obscured a plaque intended to perpetuate her memory.
- to preserve from extinction or oblivion: perpetuate the species.
to perpetuate one's name;
perpetuate the species.
Synonyms: , , ,
perpetuate
/ əˈɛʊˌɪ /
verb
- tr to cause to continue or prevail
to perpetuate misconceptions
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˌٳˈپDz, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ···· adjective
- ····پDz [per-pech-oo-, ey, -sh, uh, n], ···Գ [per-, pech, -oo-, uh, ns], noun
- ····ٴǰ noun
- un····· adjective
- ܲ·····Բ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of perpetuate1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of perpetuate1
Example Sentences
Some are much bigger, and are perpetuated by our president and his cronies.
It also directs the interior secretary to restore federal properties, including parks, memorials and statues, which "have been improperly removed or changed in the last five years to perpetuate a false revision of history".
“We started to discuss, ‘How are we going to maintain and perpetuate his legacy and not let it fade away?’” he said.
Even though these claims were mostly shown to be hyperbolic and false, the government perpetuated them in public statements and in court.
The death rate perpetuated stereotypes about drug dealers willing to shoot it out to the bitter end, risking the lives of their loved ones nearby and despite knowing the cops don’t miss.
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